Fire-lighting device.



J. PERO. FIRE LIGHTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. 1908.

924,752. Patented Je 15, 1909.

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JOHN FERO, OF BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON.

FIRE-LIGHTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Application filed June 11, 1908. Serial No. 437,863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN FERO, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bellmgham, in the county of Whatcom and State of Washington, have invented a new and Improved Fire-Lighting Device, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to mechanical means for lighting a fire in a stove or range at a predetermined time, and has for its object to provide novel details of construction for a fire lighter, which are simple, practical and inexpensive, and that afford a compact, convenient device, which is controlled by the ordinary alarm mechanism of a portable alarm clock, and that will ignite fuel in the fire pot of a stove or range, when. the alarm is put in motion at the instant of time for which it was set.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described and'defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the complete device, partly broken away and in section; Fig. 2 is an end. view of the device and a rear view of an alarm clock whereon the fire kindler is mounted; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device, and of a clock whereon said device is mounted, a portion of the clock case being removed and a part being in section.

The improved fire kindler, as before mentioned, is controlled in its operation by a small alarm clock, of a class that is portable and is provided with a winged turn-button that affords means for winding up the alarm, said turn-button being mounted and secured upon the end of the shaft employed for winding the alarm, and. which projects outside of the rear wall of the clock case as usual.

In the drawings, 5 indicates an alarm clock of the character specified, which for convenience in placing the device adjacent to a stove or range, is mounted upon a standard 6 that is adjustably engaged. with a tripod 7, as shown in Fig. 1, the standard being vertically adjustable on the tripod. Upon the side of the clock case that is circular, a bracket shelf 5 is mounted and secured, so

as to project laterally therefrom, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The igniter mechanism comprises the following details: A preferably plate metal box 8, that is rectangular in contour for a portion of its length, has extended at one end thereof, a tapered arm 8 and at the extended end a match holder in the form of a bent limb a having a socket b on its free end, is secured, said limb being offset and bent at an angle that will incline a match 0 therefrom, so that the head 0 of the match carried in the socket b will be disposed in the path of an igniter plate to be hereinafter described.

A slot (1 is formed in the top wall of the box 8, and in said box a trigger bar 6 is pivoted at 6 near its end c that projects through the slot d; and as shown in Fig. 3, said end ortion is roughened to afford a thumb hofil when the trigger is to be set, as will presently be described.

A coiled spring 9 is mounted upon the pivot e at one side of the trigger bar e, and the ends of said spring are respectively engaged with the top wall of the box 8 near the slot (Z, and the trigger bar 6, one end 9 hooking upon the latter a distance below the pivot e, and said spring is placed under tension so as to normally hold the trigger bar erect. Upon the lower end of the trigger bar 6, one end of a slide rod h is loosely secured, as indicated at h in Fig. 1, and thence extends forwardly through the apertured front end of the arm 8 and is integral with the igniter plate i hereinbefore mentioned. The igniter plate i is roughened on the upper side thereof and is concaved somewhat on the upper side,

so as to have positive contact with a match head 0, the body of the match 0 being ried by the socket b on the bent limb (1..

Upon the top wall of the box 8, a rock arm 9 is pivoted near one end thereof, said end having a laterally projected hook m thereon, which may be hooked upon a shoulder e on the trigger 6 near the upper extremity 6 thereof, this engagement of the hook and shoulder being permitted only when the trigger e is rocked rearward at its upper end, as shown in Fig. 1.

A toe m is extended laterally on the rear end of the rock arm 9, and when therectangular box-like portion 8 of the match supporting arm 8f is seated on the bracket shelf '5 and is held in a horizontal position by the fire'kindling means,assu'i ning that a stove or "the action of the alarm mechanism will r0 g, forcibly retracted'and the igniterplate i ignite? the match arid kindle the iire inthe fstove orrange simultaneously with the ringing of the alarm. ,Havin'g'thus described my invention, I c'laim'as newan'd desiretosecurcby Letters 'Patent:

1.' The combination with an alarm clock and a support thereon, ohan arm carried on s aid support, a match carrier on an end of spring for finoving the trigger bar, a slide rod 1 actuatedby the niovenient ol the trigger bar and provided with ineans' for ignitingdhe having a winding turn-button onthe alarm i the arm, a rock arm having a hook on one ie'ndthat engages withthenpper end of,the t'r the' lower end di' the"trigger bar an igniter "leased byithe clockgear for sounding an placed "it's firepotj and the clock alarm mechanis'm hasbeenwound and set at the "eXfa'ct'tiineit is to sound an alarm, the clock and its supporting tripod are positigned near the rang'e ,'js'o that the igniter plate' i and (match 0 are inserted into the firepot through strike upon the toe m and rock the arm 9 so i as to're'move the hook m from an engagement with theshoulder a, so that the sprin'g'g will {forcibly rhck the l Werend of tlie arm 9 rearpressed rock arm ad pt l enga'ge'lthe 55 actuated by the alarm mechanism of the clock case of :hollo'wl'arin seated on the shelf, a match carrier on' the outer end of said clasping pressure of an upright flange n on said shelf, the toe at will be projected" through a notch 0 in the clock case and in the path of a wing on t'he'windin'g turn-button p, that azlords means for winding the alarm mechanism and rotates in the direction of the curved arrow 9: when said mechanism'is' realarm A plate spr ng r presses the rock arm and toe m toward the turn buttonp. In arranging the device for lts servlce as a range, not shown, has thenecessary kindling ment with the material therein.

' It will be ijbvious thatwhen the exact instant oftime arrives for sounding an alarm,

the'grate bars of the latter, and into engagetate'the winged turn-button p which will ward and retract the slide'rod h. The rod h, whereon theigniter plate i is carried and that has'b'een projected forwardly when the trigger was set, isnow, by therec'oil of the spring dr'awri across the match head, which will sajid a i'm, a trigger bar pivoted on the arm, a

match by frictihnal contact when the trigger bar is releasedf'and a pivoted and spring trigger bar'toihold" the same against the tension ol'its spring, the said ro'ckarm being clock to release trigger'bar.

2.'The COltiblllflJillOYi with an alarm clock -winding arbhr, and a bracketlsheli onthe arm, a spring pressedtriggerfbar pivoted on igger bar, a slide rod pivoted by one end on carrier at the outerend of said arm, attrigg er of the clock case andprojecting laterally plate on the outer end or: said rod that may have contact with a match in the carrier, and a lateral toe on the rock arm that is engaged by the turn-button when the alarm is sounded.

'In a device of the character described, the hollow arm, tapered toward oneend and provided at said end with a match carrier, the. trigger bar pivoted in the arm at its larger end, the upper end of said bar rocking through a slot in the top wall of the arm, a

coiled spring adapted for, rocking the pivoted trigger bar upright, anignitingmeans for the match controlled by; the movement oi the tended from said boxiormation, a bent arm 99 on the smallend of thetapered portionhaving a so cket atits free end adapted to receive a match, a tri ger bar pivoted inthe born-like form tion andhaving a shoulder, on its upper end'that projects through a slotin the, top wall of the box formation, a coiled spring engaging the triggerbar and normally holding said bar upright, means controlled ,by, the movement of the trigger bar for igniting the match, and spring-pressed, rock arm piv 10 'ote d upon the top Wall of the box-like formaion, said. arm having a lateral hook,on,one

marhati engage ,the shoulder on the upper; end of the trigger bar,,and a toe on the other end thereof adapted to be, engaged by a moving part of. the alarm clock tognove the rock arm to release the trigger bar.

5. ,In a device of the character described, a hollow arm, a support tor the same, amatch bar pivoted on thearm, a spring for moving the trigger bar, a rock arm pivoted onthe hollow arm and adapted toengage the trigger 'bar to holdthe same against the tension of ,its spring, time-controlled mechanism for moving the said rock arm to releasethetriggel bar, and a slide rodconnected witlrthe trigger bar, andprovidedwith means for igniting the match when the trigger bar is released.

6. ln, a device oi thecharacter described, thecombination withan alarmclock, an ad justable standard upon which said alarm clock is mounted, and a support on theside therefrom, of an arm carried by saidsnpport,

a match carrier ontlie outer end of said arm,

a trigger bar pivoted onthe arm, a spring for moving the trigger bar, a rod connectedwith the triggerbar and providedwithmeans for 130 igniting the match, and a pivoted rock arm for engaging the trigger bar, to hold the same against the tension of its spring, the said rock arm being actuated by the alarm mechanism of the clock to release the trigger bar.

7. The combination With an alarm clock having a turn button on the alarm Winding arbor, and a supporting shelf on the clock case, of mechanism carried by said shelf for lighting a fire, the said mechanism comprrsing a rock arm having a hook at one end and a lateral toe at the other end, a spring pressing on said rock arm to hold the toe in the path of said turn button, a pivoted trigger bar, a spring for normally holding said trigger bar erect, the said trigger bar having a shoulder adapted to be engaged by the hook on said rock arm to hold the trigger bar against the tension of its spring, a match carrier, and means actuated by the movement of the trigger bar for igniting the match.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN FERO.

Witnesses FRED LEAMER, J. B. HARRIMAN. 

